Viewing H264 raw video files

This is a very useful link I would like to share.

Often one has a video file that one cannot view - maybe from a CCTV system.  It is quite common to be H264 or similar, but does not have a standard wrapper, eg .MOV, or .MP4.

The very good free program VLC does have a feature to allow you to do this.  The following Youtube link does describe how to

As a very quick summary, the following may help

Select

1.   Tools
2.   Preferences
3.   At the bottom select 'All'
4.   In Stream output  select 'Demuxers'
5.   Then select the  Mux module  - (Automatic is the default)